The goal of this project has been to identify the forms of neuroplasticity in the human brain from the perspective of cognitive
neuropsychology. In an effort to understand some of the neuroplastic properties of local circumscribed brain sectors, we have been
examining how brain sector topography changes in response to normal skill learning. We have also attempted to understand how local
circumscribed brain sectors may have their maps altered by brain damage in children and adults via homologous region adaptation of
function. Finally, we are attempting to ascertain how induced restrictions in processing stimuli via a particular sensory modality leads to
cross-modal plasticity.

Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria

First focal lesion due to stroke in frontal or left parietal lobes; ages 6-70; post-lesion focal naming deficits